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Close photo of a brass oil lamp with three lit wicks held on a brass dish in the foreground, flames glowing against a soft-focus background. Blurred in the left foreground is a shaved-headed person in white clothing, with a red curtain behind and a pale wall at right. The lamp is the clear focus. No deity image is clearly visible.

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Blurred photograph of a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a saffron head wrap, mostly out of focus behind a tall silver oil lamp in the foreground. The lamp has a stepped stem, a diamond-shaped finial with a red dot, and a multi-wick dish with several lit flames. The figure's face and hands are soft and indistinct, and the background is pale green and white. The person is not clearly identifiable, so no a person candidate is asserted.November 26 20132013-11-26A small brass oil lamp with a flared, petal-edged bowl on a short pedestal stands lit on a wooden table in the foreground. Its single flame is bright and upright. The background is a blurred wall of red and grey rock or painted surface. No people, statues or ritual figures are visible, and the lamp is the sole subject.1999-01-01Close photo of a brass aarti plate held by a hand in the foreground, carrying a lit oil lamp with several flames and a heap of yellow flower petals or marigolds. Behind it, a person in a rust-orange saffron wrap with a rudraksha mala stands in a ritual setting, with bare arms and a white painted mark on the upper arm. Another figure in red is partly visible at the left and upper right. The setting appears to be a devotional ceremony.2013-11-27November 20 20132013-11-20Close-up photograph of a small dark copper or bronze bowl on a brass stand, holding a bright orange flame rising from its center. Behind it sits a clear plastic bag filled with white flowers and green leaves, and a green container is partly visible at left. The wooden surface and brass stand suggest a ritual fire offering. No people are visible in the frame.2013-12-16Close-up photograph of a silver multi-branched oil lamp with five lit wicks in small cups, each arm ending in a carved animal-head or mythical creature motif, held in a hand at the bottom edge. The soft blurred background shows a painted shrine wall in teal, yellow and red with a deity murti and a brass lamp stand out of focus. No people are clearly visible beyond the holding hand, and the image is not a graphic or poster.2013-11-26October 11 20132013-10-11Close-up photograph of a single tall flame rising from a wick on a brass or metal oil lamp in the foreground. The background is blurred warm orange and golden tones with soft silvery bokeh on the left. No people are clearly visible; the image focuses on the lamp flame.2013-11-20Close-up photograph of a single tall flame rising from a charred cotton wick sitting on a flat golden metal lamp base, with a blurred warm background of soft bokeh lights and smoke. No people are visible. The wick is partly burnt and dark, and the flame is bright yellow-orange at its base, tapering upward against a dark red-brown backdrop.2013-11-20August 22 20122012-08-22 +1 copiesA close photograph of a hand holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame, the lamp raised on a thin handle against a warm brown background. A soft pale column blurs at the left edge. No people's faces are visible; only the hand and lamp are shown.2014-03-06